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This groundbreaking volume considers whether the question of the high school's seeming demise is exaggerated and why it is experiencing the many problems that it does. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Author:   B. Franklin ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781403977694

ISBN 10:   1403977690
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   13 February 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Death of the Comprehensive High School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives; B.M.Franklin  & G.McCulloch PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Custodialism and Career Preparation in a Comprehensive High School, 1929-1942; S.G.Terzian Education for All American Youth (1944): A Failed Attempt to Extend the Comprehensive High School; W.J.Urban The Comprehensive High School, Enrollment Expansion, and Inequality: The United States in the Post-War Era; J.L.Rury PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES Death to the Comprehensive High School and Life to Small School Reform: Advocating for Critical Care in Small Schools of Color; R.Antrop-González  & A.De Jesús Soul Making in the Comprehensive High School: The Legacies of Frederick Wiseman's High School and High School II; J.R.Rosario The End of the Comprehensive High School? African American Support for Private School Vouchers; T.C.Pedroni PART THREE: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES The Formation of Comprehensive Education: Scandinavian Variations; S.Wiborg Missing, Presumed Dead? What Happened to the Comprehensive School in England and Wales; D.Crook The Comprehensive Ideal in New Zealand: Challenge and Prospects; G.Lee, H.Lee &  R.Openshaw 'My Parents Came Here with Nothing and They Wanted Us to Achieve': Italian Australians and School Success; P.Miller

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Gary McCulloch is Brian Simon Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

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